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Benin's Talon defends jailing of political opponents
Benin President Patrice Talon on Wednesday dismissed criticism that his government was holding political prisoners after the jailing of two opposition leaders late last year. Benin opposition leader Reckya Madougou was sentenced in December to 20 years in prison for "terrorism" by a special court in the capital Porto-Novo after a brief trial that her attorneys condemned as a "political attack".
Pope Francis to address Canada's political leaders in Quebec
Pope Francis will travel to Quebec City Wednesday, where he will address Canada's political leaders after dedicating the first part of his journey to apologizing for the abuse of Indigenous children at Catholic-run schools.
DR Congo tightens security in east after anti-UN unrest
Soldiers and police officers were deployed across eastern DR Congo towns Wednesday after days of deadly anti-UN protests that have claimed at least 19 lives in the volatile region. The UN first deployed an observer mission to eastern Congo in 1999.
Lufthansa strike causes travel turmoil in Germany
Lufthansa passengers faced massive travel disruption Wednesday as a strike led the German airline group to cancel almost all its flights from its domestic hubs in Frankfurt and Munich. Lufthansa had already cancelled thousands of flights over the summer as the airline industry contends with ground-side disruptions.
Fourth person 'cured' of HIV, but is a less risky cure in sight?
AIDS researchers announced on Wednesday that a fourth person has been "cured" of HIV, but the dangerous procedure for patients also battling cancer may be little comfort for the tens of millions living with the virus worldwide. He is the second person to be announced cured this year, after researchers said in February that a US woman dubbed the New York patient had also gone into remission.
Botswana hits 'historic' UN goal against HIV: report
Botswana has become the second nation in the world, after Eswatini, to reach a landmark UN goal towards eradicating AIDS, researchers said Wednesday, in what health experts hailed as "stellar results". To put it simply, these are really stellar results."
Military aircraft drive US goods orders higher in June
An eye-popping surge in new orders for US military aircraft in June drove a surprise increase in demand for big-ticket manufactured goods, according to government data released Wednesday. Gregory Daco, chief economist at EY Parthenon, called it "very encouraging news from the business side," saying "orders were still growing strongly" for goods outside the defense aircraft sector.
Shadowy Al-Qaeda fighters heap pressure on Mali's junta
Al-Qaeda jihadists are tightening the screws on Mali's military junta, extending their attacks to the south of the country and hitting a key garrison town on the outskirts of the capital. Since then, Mali's elected government has been replaced by a military one, and French troops are close to pulling out after the junta brought in Russian paramilitaries.
France on course for driest July on record: weather office
France is on track to experience its driest July on record, the national weather service said Wednesday, with drought-like conditions leading to increasingly severe water restrictions around the country.
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